Battle of Mamaroneck

The Battle of Mamaroneck was an American Revolutionary War skirmish that took place on the night of 22 October 1776 in Mamaroneck, New York. In the first instance of Americans fighting in larged organized units against each other during the war, Colonel John Haslet's Delaware Continentals made a night attack on the Queen's American Rangers led by Major Robert Rogers. The Queen's Rangers suffered serious losses in the attack on their outpost position by the patriots, and the battle slowed the British pursuit of George Washington's army in the New York campaign.